Established in 1960

Examples

Affirmative

I am listening to music

Negative

I am not listening to music

Interrogative PRESENTE
Cd. Victoria on December 9,
2021
CONTINUO
Am I listening to music?
JESUS GAEL LADRON DE
GUEVARA YZAGUIRRE 1° "C"
 APPLICATIONS

Structure in
affirmative,
negative,
interrogative
Theme The five main
continuous are:
uses of the present

Description: Describe actions that occur at the exact

moment you speak or write
The present continuous is used to describe an Example: You are studying English.
action that is taking place at the moment of the Establish contexts. Talk about general, Like other verb tenses, the present
personal or social situations that occur continuous in English has three modes:
statement. For example: "The dog is barking." today. In these cases, it can be
accompanied by adverbs such as affirmative, negative and interrogative. In
This sentence, which can be translated as “The currently, lately or these days, among
others. this table you can find how it is formed:
dog is barking”, refers to an act that is
Example: She is working a lot lately.
simultaneous to the expression, it also allows to
Anticipate facts, appointments, events Affirmative
name an activity that is carried out in the present, or actions that will occur in the future.
The speaker must be sure that they will
although not at that precise moment: “I'm happen. Subject + verb to be + verb in gerund +
learning French ”(“ I'm learning French ”). Example: They are going to the zoo next complement
Saturday.
Whoever enunciates the message, in this case,
Mention temporary events. Negative
indicates that he is immersed in a process of
Example: Today is snowing, but
learning French, but that does not mean that he is yesterday was sunny.
Subject + verb to be + not + gerund verb +
"learning" just when he is speaking. 5. Describe actions that occur
constantly. In these cases the sentence complement
Referring to something that has been decided or is reinforced with adverbs such as
always, forever, constantly, among
confirmed to be done in the future, on the other others. Interrogative
hand, is also possible thanks to the present Example: The birds are always singing
since sunrise
Verb to be + subject + gerund verb +
continuous: "Rachel is coming to town next week"
complement